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Verse 14. _BUT EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED_] Successfully solicited to sin,
when _he is drawn away of his own lust_-when, giving way to the evil
propensity of his own heart, he does that to which he is solic...
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BUT EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED, WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST - That
is, the fountain or source of all temptation is in man himself. It is
true that external inducements to sin may be placed before...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. TRIALS AND THE EXERCISE OF FAITH
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. Trials and the power of faith (James 1:1)_
2. The resources of faith (James 1:5)
3. The realization of faith (James 1:9...
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The Beatitude on Endurance (_cf. James 5:11_ and note). Trial is still
neutral: it is affliction which tests and develops loyalty. But since
human nature has a bias towards evil, a trial exerted upon...
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Let no man say when he is tempted, "My temptation comes from God." For
God himself is untemptable by evil and tempts no man. But temptation
comes to every man, because he is lured on and seduced by hi...
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GREETINGS (James 1:1)
_ 1:1 James, the slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends
greetings to the twelve tribes who are scattered throughout the
world._
At the very beginning of his letter Ja...
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EVERY MAN. each one.
WHEN, &C. = being drawn away. Greek. _exelkomai._ Only here.
OF. App-104.
LUST. See John 8:44, and compare Romans 7:7.
ENTICED. Greek. _deleazo._ Only here and 2 P
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Temptation, and its history
12. _Blessed is the man that endureth temptation_ The mode of teaching
by Beatitudes reminds us at once of the Sermon on the Mount, with
which, it will be seen afterwards,...
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_when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed_ Both the
participles are primarily used of the way in which animals are taken,
the first of capture by the hook or noose, as with fish or the
croco...
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2–18.
(_a_) TEMPTATION FROM WITHOUT, 2–4; (1) WISDOM, PRAYER,
STEDFASTNESS, THE DIVINE HELPS IN TEMPTATION, 5–8; (2) A SPECIAL
FORM OF TEMPTATION—OPPRESSION BY THE RICH—THE OLD TESTAMENT
PROBLEM OF T...
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A parable of sin and death. ὑπό implies direct personal agency.
Man is regarded as tempted by his own lust or desire, here
personified. The offspring of this union is sin; sin when mature
becomes the...
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_SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF TRIALS -- JAMES 1:2-17:_ Christians must be
"positive" when trials come their way. The man who properly reacts to
trials must not react as a pessimist. "My brethren, count it all j...
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DISCOURSE: 2357
SIN THE OFFSPRING OF OUR OWN HEARTS
James 1:13. _Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God:
for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but
every ma...
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WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST, &C.— "Drawn out of the water,
and taken with the bait;" εξελκομενος και
δελεαζομενος : in both these words there is an allusion to
the _catching a fish with a ba...
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_SERMON OUTLINES_
IS TEMPTATION A JOY? James 1:2-4
Proposition: When should a Christian not have joy in temptation, and
how could a Christian find joy in temptation?
I.
Temptation is no joy.
A....
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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and
enticed.
Every man when tempted is so through being drawn away of [by: hupo
(G5259); the source, rather than the agent] his own...
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VERSE 14. BUT EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED.
Man is free and yet possesses passions and appetites. These appeal to
man, and their influence upon him entice him and draw him from a
virtuous course, and he is t...
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1 James is never called an apostle and does not write this epistle in
that character. Rather, he puts himself in the place of a slave. Hence
the epistle is not concerned with authoritative teaching so...
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THE POWER OF FAITH UNDER TEMPTATION
1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any
degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Master. St. James's
humility prevents the mention of the...
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
INTRODUCTION
1 THE WRITER
James is the writer of the letter. But he does not tell us...
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(12-18) The Apostle returns to the consideration of the afflicted
Christian. Such a one has a blessedness, greater infinitely than any
earthly happiness, already in possession, and the promise of a fu...
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So far the inspired Apostle has spoken of the outward part of
temptation; now he lays bare the inner — for we suffer the two-fold
evil. From without come the whispers of Satan, by himself or his
legio...
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(2-27) Immediately after the salutation, and with more or less a play
upon the word which we translate “greeting” (“rejoice,” James
1:1; “count it all joy,” James 1:2) there follow appeals on behalf
o...
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CHAPTER 8
THE SOURCE OF TEMPTATIONS AND THE REALITY OF SIN THE DIFFICULTIES OF
THE DETERMINIST.
James 1:12
AFTER the slight digression respecting the short-lived glory of the
rich man, St. James ret...
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ἕκαστος δὲ πειράζεται ὑπὸ τῆς
ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας : according to this the evil
originates in man himself, which would be the case more especially
with the sin of lust; with regard to temptation to sin of...
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GOD REWARDS, NOT TEMPTS
James 1:12
The word _temptation_ may stand for trial and testing, without
implying that there is any necessary impulse toward evil; or it may
stand for the direct impulse of t...
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James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He
showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect
and entire, lacking in nothing." It is therefore to be looked upo...
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PUT THE BLAME ON SELF
In the first part of James 1:1-27, trials, or external hardships are
considered. Then, as Woods notes, James changes from the noun form to
a verb in his consideration of temptati...
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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he
shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them
that love him. (13) Let no man say when he is tempted, I am...
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To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James
from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no
means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
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14_When he is drawn away by his own lust. _As the inclination and
excitement to sin are inward, in vain does the sinner seek an cause
from an external impulse. At the same time these two effects of lu...
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The Epistle of James is not addressed to the assembly, and does not
take the ground of apostolic authority over the persons to whom it is
sent. It is a practical exhortation which still recognises the...
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BUT EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED,.... To sin, and he falls in with the
temptation, and by it,
WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST AND ENTICED; the metaphor is
taken either from fishes, who are enticed by t...
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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and
enticed.
Ver. 14. _Drawn away of his lust_] Δελεαζομενος, Satan
hath only a persuading sleight, not an enforcing might. Our own
co...
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_But every man is tempted when_ In the beginning of the temptation;
_he is drawn away of his own lust_ Greek, υπο της ιδιας
επιθυμιας εξελκομενος; literally, he is _drawn
out_ of God, his strong refug...
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OF HIS OWN LUST; his desire to obtain something which he cannot
without doing wrong....
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Temptations from within:...
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BUT EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST AND
ENTICED....
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This chapter has a very close relationship to the Old Testament, for
all is seen in connection with God; and Christ is not yet spoken of as
the center and essence of all blessing and of all direction...
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Define “lust”. How does lust draw us away?...
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'But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his
own lust.'
'is tempted' -Obviously, the word "tempted" here means to be enticed
to sin. Carefully note that the idea of entire sanct...
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12-18 It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who
with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way
of duty. Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our...
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He shows the great cause of sin; that lust hath a greater hand in it
than either the devil or his instruments, who cannot make us sin
without ourselves: they sometimes tempt, and do not prevail; but w...
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James 1:14 But G1161 one G1538 tempted G3985 (G5743) away G1828
(G5746) by G5259 own G2398 desires...
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‘But each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and
enticed.'
What then is it that causes men to be tempted? And the answer is that
it is as a result of his own fallen desires. It is...
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THERE IS ONE KIND OF TESTING THAT IS NOT TO BE SEEN AS OF GOD AND THAT
IS THE TEMPTATION TO SIN. THAT SPRINGS FROM THE LUSTS OF THE HUMAN
HEART AND LEADS TO DEATH (JAMES 1:13).
James now moves from th...
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James 1:14. BUT EVERY MAN who is tempted IS TEMPTED, namely to evil,
WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST. By lust here is meant evil
desires in general. The doctrine of human depravity is assumed ra...
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WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY BY HIS OWN LUST
(υπο της ιδιας επιθυμιας εξελκομενος).
Επιθυμια is old word for craving (from επιθυμεω, to
have a desire for) either good (Philippians 1:23) or evil (Romans 7:...
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TEMPTED
"Temptation" is used in two senses:
(1) Solicitation to evil, (for example, (Genesis 3:1); (Matthew 4:1);
(1 Corinthians 10:13); ...
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James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._
According to the teaching of some in the present day, the apostle
should...
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James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an
apostle,...
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James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._
«Where are the lost ten tribes?» asks somebody. They never were
lost. Tha...
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James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._
The apostle James evidently believed in no lost ten tribes, as some
nowad...
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CONTENTS: Testing of faith. Solicitation to evil not of God. Obedience
as a test of true faith.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, James.
CONCLUSION: Such as have a true title in Jesus Christ through faith
may...
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James 1:1. _James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ._ He
does not style himself an _apostle,_ because he would not assume any
superiority; yet the majesty of his address is the language...
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BY HIS OWN EVIL DESIRE. This is really what Paul was saying in Romans
7:14-25. Any temptation depends upon our own response. This is why
Jesus could be tempted without sinning (Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 4...
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JAMES 1:2 The Testing of Faith. Trials are part of God’s “good
gifts” (v. James 1:17) to his people, to strengthen them in their
faith....
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:14 LURED AND ENTICED. A fishing metaphor for
drawing prey away from shelter.
⇐...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:13 James turns to the other side of trials,
when testing becomes temptation.
⇐ ⇔...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 1:12. IS TRIED.—Better, “hath been approved.”
δόκιμος is properly spoken of money as having been tried and
refined. CROWN OF LIFE.—See figure in Isaiah 28:5; and...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 1:1
SALUTATION. JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. (On
the person who thus describes himself, see the Introduction) It is
noteworthy that he keeps entirely out of...
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Let's turn to James chapter one. James introduces himself as the
bondslave of God and of Jesus Christ. It's a title that most of the
apostles delighted to take. Renouncing any claim for any rights,
tu...
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1 Kings 21:2; 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 11:3; Ephesians 4:22; Genesis 6:
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Drawn away [ε ξ ε λ κ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. Only here in New
Testament. This and the following word are metaphors from hunting and
fishing. Drawn away, as beasts are enticed from a safe covert into a
place be...
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Every man is tempted, when — In the beginning of the temptation. He
is drawn away — Drawn out of God, his strong refuge. By his own
desire — We are therefore to look for the cause of every sin, in,
no...